Car-replacer.



I No. 898,226. PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

W. M. KITCHEN. GAR REPL'AOER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1908'.

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PATENT @FFICE.

WILLIAM M. KITCHEN, OF HAVANA, FLORIDA.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filedlfiay 15, 1908. Serial No. 432,967.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. KITCHEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Havana, in the county of Gadsdenand State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in car replacers, and consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed. Referring to the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a plan view of asection of track showing the replacers in position. Fig. 2 isa section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The present embodiment of my invention comprises a pair of plates A, B, each of said ,plates being providedon-its lower face with gs (1,1), for .supporting the same, and on its u per face with an integral flange a, b, w ose lateral face towards the rail is beveled toward each end thereof as at c 6 The lateral face of each of the flanges is perpendicular to the upper surface of the plate, and at the-point where the two inclined surfaces meet, a'friction roller a b is journaled, the o erati-ve face of the roller being inclined with respect to the plate. The

upper surface of each of the plates is beveled at its ends as at 0. b, and is provided with a handle a 6 for convenience in manipulating the same. The plate A is provided at its 0' 'posite edge with a flange a, the lower face of the plate directly belowthe flange being longitudinally grooved as at a for engaging the tread c of the rail 0. The free edge' of the plate B adjacent to the rail is provided with a projecting portion 1), which 1s shaped to fit against the web a of the rail 0, and brackets b roject from the bottom of the plate beneat the rail asshown in Fig. 2..

In operation, the plates are placed as shown in Fig. 1', and the derailed car is moved forward until the-flanges of the wheels engage the inclined faces of the flanges a, b.

The continued movement of the car forces the wheels toward the rails, and as the flanges engage the rollers a b they trip the wheels dropping them on to the rails with the flanges in proper position. The plates are laid flat upon the ties, and the engagement of the groove of the plate A, with the rail retains the plate A in place, and the plate B is retained in place by the weight-of the derailed car, the flange a, of the plate A, receiving the greater part of the stress.

I claim:

1. A car replacer comprising a pair of plates adapted to be placed along side of the rails, each having an integral flange at the side remote from the rail, the lateral face of the flange toward the rail being beveled toward each end thereof, afriction roller at the center of said face, one of said plates having a groove for receiving the tread of the rail, and the other having brackets extending beneath the adjacent rail.

2. A car replacer comprising a pair of plates adapted to be placed along side of the rails, each having an integral flange at the side remote from the rail, the lateral faceof the flange toward the rail being beveled toward each end thereof, a friction roller at the center of said face, and means in connection with one of the plates for securing it to the rail.

3. A car replacer comprising a pair of plates adapted to be placed along side of the rails, each having an integral flange at the side remote from the rail, the lateral face of the flange toward the rail being beveled toward each end thereof, one of said plates having brackets extending beneath the rail, and the other having a groove for receiving the rail.

his WILLIAM M. X KITCHEN.

mark Witnesses:

GEO. F. GREGORY,

WM. S. LOYD. 

